Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

1 Thessalonians 5:19

Quench not the Spirit.

KJV

τὸ πνεῦμα μὴ σβέννυτε,

Greek NT

Spiritum nolite extinguere.

Vulgate

Quench not the Spirit;

ASV

Extinguish not the spirit.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

4 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

μή
me
particle · 1033×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
σβέννυμι
sbennumi
verb · 6×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§696Fire. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. the prayer of the prophet Elijah, who "arose like fire" and whose "word burned like a torch," brought down fire from heaven on the sacrifice on Mount Carmel.37 This event was a "figure" of the fire of the Holy Spirit, who…
§801It is in this sense that discernment of charisms is always necessary. No charism is exempt from being referred and submitted to the Church's shepherds. "Their office (is) not indeed to extinguish the Spirit, but to test all things and hold fast to what is good,"254 so that all the diverse and complementary charisms work together "for the common good."255 IN BRIEF
1. Nothing is placed in the Holy Scriptures without a reason, for they were uttered by the Holy Ghost, therefore let us enquire exactly into every point. For it is possible from one expression to find out the entire meaning (of a passage), as in the case before us. Many of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say no…
Mediator Dei · 2 passages
§184Hence, he would do something very wrong and dangerous who would dare to take on himself to reform all these exercises of piety and reduce them completely to the methods and norms of liturgical rites. However, it is necessary that the spirit of the sacred liturgy and its directives should exercise such a salutary influence on them that nothing improper be introduced nor anything…
§206We cherish the hope that these Our exhortations will not only arouse the sluggish and recalcitrant to a deeper and more correct study of the liturgy, but also instill into their daily lives its supernatural spirit according to the words of the Apostle, "extinguish not the spirit."[184]

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 14:29 — Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
  • 1Cor 14:30 — If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
  • 1Cor 14:30 — If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
  • 1Tim 4:14 — Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
  • 1Tim 4:14 — Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
  • 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
  • 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
  • 2Tim 1:14 — That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
  • Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Eph 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Eph 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Eph 6:16 — Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
  • Eph 6:16 — Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
  • Gen 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  • Gen 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  • Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
  • Neh 9:30 — Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
  • Ps 51:11 — Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
  • Song 8:7 — Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.